A mess; the result of a blunder.
Rubbish, waste matter.
Tailings: waste rock from which the wanted gold, minerals, opal, etc., has been extracted.
Nonsense, rubbish.
Overburden: waste material generated while searching for minerals or while mining, such as when sinking a shaft.
To clear waste material out of a mine.
Someone (especially a woman) who is unbalanced and considered a mess, a disaster, one who is suffering personal ruin.
The aftermath of a train crash.
A disaster, especially one which is large in scale and readily seen by public observers.
To ruin utterly and catastrophically, to cause to end in disaster.